Title: Molecular Evidence for a Recent Founder Event in the Uk Populations of the Adonis Blue Butterfly (polyommatus Bellargus)
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Analysis of museum specimens suggests extreme genetic drift in the adonis blue butterfly ( Polyommatus bellargus )
We amplified microsatellite DNA from museum specimens over 100 years old of the adonis blue butterfly, Polyommatus bellargus. These results were compared with butterfly samples taken from the same site near Folkestone in southern UK in 1998/9, 200 generations later, and with samples from other extant UK populations. Dramatic changes in allele frequencies have occurred over time, which is indica...
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